Senior Manager - Lifecycle Marketing & Growth

University of Phoenix; United States; Remote; USD 88,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision plans

401(k) employer match

Tuition discount for you and dependets

Job summary

University of Phoenix is seeking a Senior Manager, Lifecycle Marketing & Growth to design and execute lifecycle strategies that move prospective students from interest to enrollment. You’ll lead data‑driven journeys across email, SMS/MMS, direct mail, web, and display, with a focus on engagement, conversion and revenue.

You will identify funnel growth opportunities, justify tests and optimization roadmaps, and collaborate with product teams and external partners to scale GTM initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field with progressive lifecycle marketing experience.
• 5+ years in lifecycle/engagement marketing, CRM, or product marketing.
• Experience with multi‑channel campaigns across email, SMS, direct mail, web.
• Familiarity with Agile product teams and go‑to‑market processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop lifecycle marketing and go‑to‑market strategy across the funnel.
• Size funnel growth opportunities using data; translate into plans.
• Create audience messaging, offers, channels, cadence; set success metrics.
• Monitor funnel and campaign performance; identify trends and barriers.
• Optimize touchpoints across email, SMS, direct mail, web, display.
• Lead direct mail programs: strategy, testing, production, vendor mgmt.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to execute GTM initiatives.
• Ensure strategies are executable, measurable, and compliant.
• Apply AI and emerging tech to improve personalization and testing.
• Present findings to leadership and inform future investments.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Audience segmentation

Personalization

Journey orchestration

Multi‑channel marketing

AI marketing

CRM engagement

Analytics

Marketing automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field

High school diploma + 9 years experience

Tools

Marketing automation

CRM systems

Analytics platforms

Job description

General Information

Position Type: Full Time

Virtual Eligible: Yes

Job Category: Marketing

Ref #: 7627

At the University of Phoenix, we are committed to the future of work by providing a fully remote, work-from-home environment. This strategy enables us to attract top talent nationwide. Are you looking for a rewarding and fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the opportunity to make a significant impact while collaborating with a team of fun, innovative individuals? Would you prefer to work with an organization that positively contributes to the world? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Are you searching for a rewarding, fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the ability to make a big impact while working side-by‑side with a team of fun, innovative people? Ideally, would you like this position to be with an organization that makes a positive contribution to the world? If so…we would love to hear from you!

About Us

University of Phoenix is a leading higher education institution founded in 1976 by Dr. John Sperling. Our mission is to improve the lives of our students, their families and future generations through higher education. Our values (which hopefully you share) are: Brave. Honest. Focused.

Our University values and embraces all team members and their unique perspectives. We fundamentally believe in fostering an environment which deeply respects, celebrates, and actively encourages a diverse workforce. We are committed to hiring – and learning from – those who share our passion to help others achieve their educational aspirations.

We offer excellent benefits, an effective recognition program, and outstanding learning and development tools, including tuition vouchers for employees and their qualified family members.

About the Position

The Senior Manager, Lifecycle Marketing & Growth develops and executes lifecycle marketing strategy designed to move prospective students from initial interest through application and enrollment. Leads the development, execution, and optimization of integrated, data‑driven prospect journeys across email, SMS/MMS, direct mail, web, display, and emerging channels, with a focus on increasing engagement, conversion, revenue, and enrollment outcomes.

The Senior Manager identifies funnel growth opportunities, develops testing and optimization roadmaps, builds data‑supported business cases, and advances the use of AI and emerging marketing capabilities to improve prospect experience and business performance. Partners closely with cross‑functional and external partners to translate insights into scalable go‑to‑market strategies and successfully bring those strategies to market.

What You'll Do

1. 1. Develop and execute lifecycle marketing and go‑to‑market strategy across the prospect funnel, developing integrated communication plans and messaging approaches that support acquisition, application, enrollment, and other committed funnel targets.
2. 2. Identify and size funnel growth opportunities using prospect, audience, campaign, and conversion data; translate insights into strategic recommendations, business cases, and prioritized optimization plans.
3. 3. Develop audience messaging, offers, channels, and cadence. Establish success metrics and translate results into scalable lifecycle strategies.
4. 4. Monitor and analyze funnel, campaign, and channel performance; identify trends, conversion barriers, and emerging opportunities; and recommend actions to improve engagement and conversion outcomes.
5. 5. Develop and optimize integrated prospect touchpoints across email, SMS/MMS, direct mail, web, display, and emerging channels, using segmentation and personalization to improve prospect relevance and experience.
6. 6. Develop, execute and optimize direct mail programs, including audience strategy, personalization, testing, print production, vendor management, measurement, and performance reporting.
7. 7. Partner with Agile product teams and cross‑functional stakeholders to develop marketing briefs, align priorities and requirements, and successfully execute go‑to‑market initiatives. Serve as a brand and GTM point of contact for assigned product team(s).
8. 8. Collaborate with cross‑functional and external partners to ensure strategies are executable, compliant, measurable, and aligned to business objectives.
9. 9. Apply AI and emerging marketing technologies to improve marketing effectiveness, operational efficiency, personalization, experimentation, and testing capabilities.
10. 10. Present strategic recommendations, performance insights, testing results, and business outcomes to leadership and key stakeholders, using findings to inform decision‑making, future investment opportunities, and ongoing optimization.
11. 11. Perform other duties as required or apparent.

NOTE: The Primary Accountabilities above are intended to describe the general content and requirements of the position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or most of the Primary Accountabilities listed above. Specific goals or responsibilities will be documented in incumbents’ performance objectives as outlined by the incumbents’ immediate manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

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Minimum Education and Related Work Experience

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, or a related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in lifecycle marketing, growth marketing, CRM/engagement marketing, performance marketing, product marketing, integrated marketing, or a related discipline

OR

High school diploma or equivalent and nine (9) years of progressively responsible experience in lifecycle marketing, growth marketing, CRM/engagement marketing, performance marketing, product marketing, integrated marketing, or a related discipline

Additional Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of audience segmentation, personalization, journey orchestration, and integrated communication strategy across multiple channels.
• Experience developing and optimizing multi‑channel marketing programs across channels such as email, SMS/MMS, direct mail, web, display, and emerging channels.
• Experience developing and scaling direct mail programs, including audience selection, personalization, testing, print production/vendor management, measurement, and optimization.
• Experience leading complex cross‑functional initiatives and collaborating with a range of business partners to align priorities and execute go‑to‑market initiatives.
• Strong analytical, communication and presentation skills, including the ability to identify growth opportunities, translate customer, audience, and performance insights into actionable recommendations, and communicate business cases, and results to senior leadership.
• Strong project management, organizational, prioritization, and attention‑to‑detail skills.
• Experience in higher education or another complex, high‑consideration customer journey environment.
• Experience working with Agile product teams and translating marketing strategy into clear briefs, requirements, and execution plans.
• Experience applying AI and emerging marketing technologies to improve personalization, experimentation, content development, audience strategy, or operational efficiency.
• Experience with marketing automation, CRM, journey orchestration, experimentation, or analytics platforms.

As an Equal Opportunity employer, we particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.

If you are an active‑duty military member seeking employment when off‑duty, compliance with Department of Defense Joint Ethics Regulation, 5500-7-R, is required prior to starting employment with University of Phoenix. You are advised to contact your base Judge Advocate General to seek such approval and answer any questions.

Pay Range

The annual pay range for this position is $87,600 (minimum), $132,300 (midpoint), and $177,000 (maximum).*

*Typical hiring range is between the minimum and midpoint of the above pay range. Actual starting base pay may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, location and budget. Compensation above the midpoint is generally associated with experienced, long‑tenured employees who have demonstrated sustained performance and expertise in the role.

Individuals in this role are eligible for: Annual Bonus Award

Your work is critical to helping adult learners achieve their dreams, and we’re committed to rewarding you for your efforts. We offer a competitive, comprehensive total rewards package designed to help you achieve your health, financial, educational and work‑life balance goals.

Full‑time employees are eligible for:

• Medical, dental and vision plans; Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Savings Accounts; Life and Disability insurance; and our Wellness incentive program;
• Competitive 401(k) employer match;
• Substantial tuition discount for you and eligible dependents; and,
• A generous time off package, including paid vacation, sick time and company holidays.*

*For more details around paid time off benefits, please click here.

The University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of sex/gender. Sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating and domestic violence, and stalking are forms of sex discrimination, which are prohibited under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and by University policy. Reports of misconduct, questions regarding Title IX, and concerns about noncompliance should be directed to the Title IX Coordinator:

Kelly Hermann, Vice President, Accessibility & Student Affairs

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Phoenix, AZ 85040

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